Office of International Law and Policy
Development:
News & announcements for the week of

1. Global Law and Policy Initative
and our cosponsor the Consulate General of Isreal are pleased
to invite you to the following
presentation:

Current Issues in the Middle East Peace Process

A Presentation and Discussion Featuring Professor Yehuda Blum

All interested students and faculty encouraged
to attend

Thursday, December 2nd

12: 00 PM

Lunch will be served

Yehuda Blum is the Hersch Lauterpatcht Professor of International Law at
the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Professor Blum served as Law
Clerk to the late Justice Goitein of the Israel Supreme Court, and has
been a professor at Hebrew University since 1965, writing widely on international
law issues. Professor Blum also served as Israel's Ambassador to
the United Nations from 1978-1984, and was on the negotiating team that
led the Camp David Accords. He will share his observations on the
major issues facing the Middle East Peace Process.

Professor Blum's presentation will be followed by a question and answer
session.

Past Events:

Tuesday, November 16th:

Topic: GLAPI GENERAL
MEETING

Representatives from each
of the following organizations presented information about their
upcoming programs.
Each group focused on opportunities available for student participation
in international law.
Amnesty International
Colloquium of International Law
International Law Students Association
International Moot Court Honor Society
Refugee & Asylum Law Externship I.P.R.O
War Crimes Documentation I.P.R.O

Thursday, November 11,
1999

Topic:
Establishing the Rule of Law in Kosovo:The
Challenges of Building a Democratic
Justice System

This panel
discussion examined current efforts in Kosovo to create a functioning judiciary,
a legislative
framework, and a police force that respects individual liberties.
The panel included Peter
Schuler, who served as a NATO lawyer in Bosnia and teaches a seminar on international policing, and Chicago-Kent's assistant
dean, Charles Rudnick, who just returned from
two month in Kosovo, where he was coordinating a legal reconstruction program
for the American
Bar Association.

Tuesday, November 9, 1999

Topic: CUBA: Human Rights Abuse & U.S. Embargo
.
The co-sponsored event with Amnesty International featured Luis Zunig who
was a political
prisoner in Cuba for 19 years and served on the UnitedNations
Commission for Human
Rights from 1989-1998.
Mr Zunig spoke to students and faculty about the current human rights
and trade issues in Cuba.
Moderated by Professor Bart Brown.

Thursday, November 4, 1999:

Topic: The Danger
of Landmines: Experiences of the Bosnia & Herzegovina Demining
Commission

In this public discussion and luncheon,
the leadership of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Demining Commission discussed
with students, faculty and area leaders the impact of landmines in their
country and explained the Commission's efforts to rid Bosnia and Herzegovina
of these terrible devices.

Wednesday , November 3, 1999:

Topic: Russia in Transition: Overview of Current
Constitutional Issues

Dr. Irina Bogdanovskaia of the Institute of State and Law, Russian Academy
of Science, is a leading scholar on comparative law in Russia. Currently
a visiting scholar at Georgetown, she spent three days at Chicago-Kent
as the guest of the Global Law and Policy Policy Initiative and the Institute
for Science, Law and Technology. During Dr. Bogdanoviskaia stay
GLAPI hosted a luncheon in which she discussed the current constitutional
development in Russia with students and faculty of Chicago-Kent.